A solar X-ray detector aboard "TAIYO".
Abstract
An X-ray detector was mounted on the third Japanese scientific satellite 'Taiyo' in order to search for solar X-rays produced by solar flares. It is sensitive to two X-ray energy ranges of 5.9-9.5 keV and 9.5-11.5 keV and has an area of 3 sq cm. Its time resolution is about 8 seconds. Since it is also sensitive to charged particles, it can investigate the charged particle intensity distribution in the radiation belt and the nature of precipitation particles in the orbit when Taiyo is near the perigee.
- Publication:
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Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
- Pub Date:
- 1975
- DOI:
- 10.5636/jgg.27.271
- Bibcode:
- 1975JGG....27..271M
- Keywords:
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- Japanese Space Program;
- Radiation Detectors;
- Scientific Satellites;
- Solar Flares;
- Solar X-Rays;
- X Ray Apparatus;
- Charged Particles;
- Proportional Counters;
- Radiation Belts;
- Satellite Observation;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Solar Activity Effects;
- Spaceborne Astronomy